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The Ghetto Fighters’ House Talking Memory Series presents: Artistic Representations of the Plight of the Elderly in Terezin, 1942-1944

Virtual

The Ghetto Fighters' House  Talking Memory Series presents: Crafting Heritage: The Art of Holocaust Remembrance – A Homage to David Friedmann Join us on Sunday, June 12th , for the second program Artistic Representations of the Plight of the Elderly in Terezin, 1942-1944 Guest Speaker: Liz Elsby The Nazi ghetto of Theresienstadt (Terezin in Czech) near […]

2022 Poland Personally Seminar Meetings

ZOOM | Registration required and closes 30 minutes prior to the start of the program

Pre-travel meetings for 2022 Poland Personally Seminar Workshops/Meetings.

Arab Israeli Conflict with Avi Ben Hur

ZOOM | Registration required and closes 30 minutes prior to the start of the program

This course aims to unpack the causes and core issues that relate to the Conflict. The goal is to make the subject accessible to educators.

The Ghetto Fighters’ House Talking Memory Series presents: Artist as Witness: The Holocaust Art of David Friedmann in the Lodz Ghetto

The Ghetto Fighters' House Talking Memory Series presents: Artist as Witness:  The Holocaust Art of David Friedmann in the Lodz Ghetto Guest Speaker: Miriam Friedmann Morris David Friedmann (1893-1980) depicted human fate as a refugee in Prague, as a prisoner in the Lodz Ghetto, in the Auschwitz subcamp Gleiwitz I, and as a survivor. During […]

Armenian, Greek and Jewish Community Week Long Event

 “Agape and Hope Resurrected in Hripsime’s Agony, Athena’s Mourning, and Rachel’s Heartbreak”   “Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?”, roared Hitler in his speech to his chief commanders in 1939 just one week before the Nazi invasion of Poland and the planned extermination of Jews. 2022 represents the 100th year […]

Pulling back the curtain – Etty Hillesum

Virtual

Please join us on Sept 13th at 7pm for Pulling Back the Curtain – Etty Hillesum Classrooms Without Borders is proud to partner with the Greek and Armenian Communities of Greater Pittsburgh on our week long series of events: “Agape and Hope Resurrected in Hripsime’s Agony, Athena’s Mourning, and Rachel’s Heartbreak” THIS EVENT WILL NOW […]

Post Film Discussion The Students of Umberto Primo with Director Alessandra Maioletti & Executive Producer Diane Boulanger; Moderated by Avi Ben Hur

Post Film Discussion The Students of Umberto Primo with Director Alessandra Maioletti Moderated by Avi Ben Hur A Sneak Peak! The link to watch the film prior to the discussion will be sent out 3 days prior to the Film Discussion. We urge you to watch the film prior to the event. Based on discovered […]

Keeping Up With Kindness Interest Night and Returning Volunteers Hang

Join us on zoom to learn about Classrooms Without Borders' Keeping Up With Kindness program and how you can get involved! This event is for high school students only. In the meantime, be sure to apply to volunteer with us this year here: https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/forms/keeping-up-with-kindness-volunteer-application/ The Keeping Up With Kindness program was created by Lauren Haffner […]

Czech Embassy Series: Featuring Novelist, Poet and Translator Marek Toman

Virtual

Czech Embassy Series: Through this series, the Embassy of the Czech Republic brings a broad selection of Czech artists, intellectuals and professionals connected to Jewish life, history, art and culture to engage, educate and inspire audiences in the United States and beyond. The series will incorporate book talks, film screenings, lectures, musical performances, exhibitions, and […]

Post Film Discussion Reckonings with Roberta Grossman: Writer, Director and Producer, Karen Heilig: Producer & July Hodara, Co-Producer Moderated by Professor Michael Bazyler

In the aftermath of the Holocaust, the unprecedented destruction and plight of survivors prompts the unthinkable Synopsis They met in secret to negotiate the unthinkable – compensation for the survivors of the largest mass genocide in history. Survivors were in urgent need of help, but how could reparations be determined for the unprecedented destruction and […]

Holocaust Museums and Memorials Around the World: Museums of the Future

Classrooms Without Borders, in coordination with Tali Nates, Founder and Director of the Johannesburg Genocide & Holocaust Centre, and in partnership with the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Liberation75,  and the USC Shoah Foundation is pleased to embark on this new innovative Museums and Memorial series where we will highlight different angles of complex memory; […]

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